editorial
Our city’s essential workers
stepped off in Battery Park
Wednesday morning for a trip
up Broadway and through the Canyon
of Heroes for a ticker tape parade honoring
their hard work and dedication
in seeing the city through the dark
days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sandra Lindsay, the Queens nurse
who volunteered to be the fi rst person
in the United States to receive a Pfi zer
vaccine, served as grand marshal of the
parade and 14 fl oats followed her, each
packed with hospital workers, health
care workers, education and childcare
workers, transportation workers, hospitality
workers and small business and
bodega workers who soaked up the adulation
along the parade route.
“The Summer of New York City is
underway, and the beating heart of our
recovery is the gratitude and respect we
all share for the essential workers who
brought this city out of a crisis,” Mayor
Bill de Blasio said before the parade.
“This celebration will honor all those
who fought through adversity and unprecedented
challenges to keep New
Yorkers safe.”
The parade was a long time coming.
These essential workers were vital in
helping New York City navigate the unprecedented
Confetti burst through the air during the Hometown Heroes parade. Photo by Dean Moses
COVID-19 pandemic. They
were out working on the front lines,
while so many others were forced to
quarantine at home.
Our health care workers were in
the hospitals when people needed to
be treated. Our educators continued
teaching our city’s youth, even as the
city went back and forth from in-person
to virtual learning. Our transit
workers kept public transportation
moving. And small business owners
fought to stay open in an effort to
serve our city’s residents.
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All of these people deserved to be
honored, and this parade was a fantastic
start. But we can do more.
As we emerge from the pandemic,
let us remember who helped us get
through it. Treat our city’s essential
workers with kindness and respect.
Tell them, “thank you.” Uttering
those two simple words could go
a long way for our heroes who have
worked tirelessly to keep our city
moving.
Be sure to patronize local businesses
and restaurants. Those that
survived the pandemic still need our
help, and it’s up to us to give them the
boost they need to thrive.
We seem to be at the end of the
pandemic. While COVID-19 remains
a threat, we can rest easy knowing
that we have the strongest support
team in the nation in our essential
workers.
But let’s try and make it easier on
them. Roll up your sleeves and get
vaccinated, so we can fully return to
normalcy and give our hometown heroes
a much needed break.
Honoring our heroes
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